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What is probate?

What is probate?

by Amy Refeca | Jan 27, 2022 | Administration, Estate, Estate Planning, How We Help Women, Insurance, Last Will & Testament, Probate, Trusts

Probate is the court process of taking what a person owned at their death and transferring it to the person or entity entitled to receive it after the person died.  How long does probate take? Who the “entitled person or entity” is to receive money after I...
Your Beneficiary Designation vs. Your Will: Which One Controls?

Your Beneficiary Designation vs. Your Will: Which One Controls?

by Amy Refeca | Jun 17, 2021 | Estate Planning, Insurance, Last Will & Testament

Beneficiary designations v. Your will. Can your beneficiary designations change what you have in your will? NO. Can your will change your beneficiary designations? NO. When you die, you cannot own anything.  That is the general way to approach how you pass on your...
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